Dalida

Yolanda Cristina Gigliotti[ (17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), better known as Dalida (Arabic: داليدا‎‎), was an Italian then French singer and actress who was born in Egypt. She performed and recorded in more than ten languages, including, French, Italian, Greek, Spanish, German, Arabic, English, Japanese, Hebrew and Dutch. She spent most of her career in France and acquired French citizenship in 1961 upon marriage, while maintaining her original Italian one.

Twice honoured with the Oscar mondial du succès du disque (the "World Oscar of Recording Success"), she is the only European singer to have won this award more than once. Her 30-year career began in 1956 and ended with her last album in 1986, half a year before her death, while continuing to hold concerts until her last days.

Her suicide led to an iconic image as a tragic diva and renowned singer. She received more than 70 gold records and was the first singer to receive platinum and diamond discs. She sold more than 170 million albums worldwide.

Bonsoir mon amour - Dalida

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Similar operation the following year (both in Italy and in France) with another very well-known instrumental piece, based on the traditional notes that in the barracks the trumpeter played at the end of the day and at the time of rest in dormitory. The elongated version with variations of this melancholic melody proposed by Nini Rosso, a trumpet player active in jazz circuits and film music, had a huge success in the mid-60s not only in Italy, coming to sell, it seems, up to 10 millions of copies of the 45 rpm. The Italian version (which was obviously called Silence) was proposed by Dalida the following year.